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Hot cars and cool watches have always gone together. Measuring time is an essential method for evaluating the performance of vehicle and driver, both on the track and on the road. Recently that relationship has been revving up with a spate of new watches branded with the names of some of the world's top performance and luxury automobiles.
But this latest trend focuses less on monitoring speed than on celebrating the aesthetics of fine watches and top class cars and man's attraction to each. Bentley, Bugatti, Ferrari, Maserati, Mercedes and Aston-Martin all have timepieces named for them.
It's nothing new to the market that watches are themed to racing. For years they have commemorated legendary races. The Rolex Daytona, named for the raceway in Florida, is one of the most popular watches of its kind and remains Rolex's most sought-after product. Other brands have championed racing teams, such as Oris with Formula One's BMW Williams and TAG Heuer with Formula One's McLaren Mercedes. Some watchmakers have even forged relationships with racecar drivers, such as Omega's with seven-time Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher for its Speedmaster line.
But the recent fashion has been for watch manufacturers to develop models in conjunction with high-end cars—which begs a question: Do car owners buy the watches or watch owners the cars? Apparently, it's both.
"Collecting fine cars and fine watches goes hand in hand," says Alice Riese Rolley, marketing director at Audemars Piguet North America. Audemars launched its new Dual Time Millenary Maserati watch this past summer at the upscale Concours d'Elegance car show in Pebble Beach, California. Similar joint dealer events throughout the United States followed. The watch starts at about $17,600 in stainless steel.
"Maserati and AP share many values and have the same clientele," she adds. "AP is one of the most popular watch brands in Italy so we have a great understanding. Also the Royal Oak is bold and sporty, like a Maserati car. We are very confident that the partnership will be extremely successful."
Nearly all the partnerships between watchmakers and high-end car manufacturers have been successful. The most well known include: Breitling and Bentley, Girard-Perregaux and Ferrari, and Parmigiani and Bugatti. Recent agreements include IWC and Mercedes-AMG, Chopard and Alfa Romeo, Jaeger-LeCoultre and Aston Martin as well as Audemars Piguet and Maserati.
"The co-branding relationship we have enjoyed with Ferrari over the last decade has been a great success," says Ronald Jackson, president and chief operating officer of Tradema of America, agent for Girard-Perregaux in the United States. "From this relationship we had success commercially as a result of the Ferrari-branded products that were sold, but also in terms of establishing a stronger awareness of our brand in general."
Awareness is a key to cross-branding watches with cars. And it led Porsche to make its own watches more than two decades ago, believing that it made sense to be in charge of its destiny with luxury timepieces. "It is pure design and function," says Karsten Martens, president and CEO of Porsche Design of America, which markets and distributes Porsche accessories throughout the United States. Porsche makes its watches using many of the same designs, technology and materials in its car manufacturing. In fact, Porsche claims to have been the first to use titanium and black carbon for wristwatches. Its watches are made through its own watch-manufacturing partner, Eterna. "It is about engineering and materials. It is why we used titanium before anybody else. It is also about movements; we only have chronographs," adds Martens, who introduced the PTC P-6612 line of watches in the United States in November, 2004. The P-6613 through P-6624s are scheduled for release November 2005.
Most car watches currently on the market are chronographs (which perform a stopwatch function), but a number also include more complex movements such as minute repeaters, which chime every 15 minutes, and tourbillons, which eliminate movement variations caused by gravity. For example, this year Breitling introduced the Bentley Mulliner Tourbillon with a starting price of more than $150,000—a figure that is not far off the sticker price of the car itself. They make only two a month (expect a maximum of 100) and each is unique. (Breitling also makes a standard Mulliner for $43,050.)
"We think that a Bentley owner appreciates what is 'under the hood' so to speak as far as the mechanics of the watch. So it makes sense having a tourbillon movement," says Lisa Roman, marketing director for Breitling USA.
Rather than use established movements, the watch firm of Parmigiani created a completely new one this year for its surreal looking Bugatti Type 370, a watch named for a new model from Italy's automobile legend. Even while the car is still not on the road, a number of these special watches have made their way to the market. About 50 are made a year for about $200,000 each. It is strange looking, to say the least, with an open-faced movement placed where a normal watch has its dial. The dial is on the side, so a driver can tell the time while driving at high speed.
It is an amazing watch, but one has to ask: Are the Bugatti Type 370, Breitling Bentley or any other car watch simply gimmicks to sell expensive watches? Watch manufacturers say no. "The synergy really works," insists Roman, who says Breitling USA has attracted many new customers with its Bentley range. "It's a given that the person who buys a Bentley is interested in the watch. They appreciate the watch with its new styling for Breitling, which until now has been associated primarily with airplanes and pilots."
Perhaps the watch company with the most straightforward reason for producing a car watch is Chopard. The company's co-president, Karl-Friedrich Scheufele, is a keen driver and car collector. So, Chopard has been making a watch to commemorate one of the world's most famous vintage car races— Europe's Mille Miglia. Scheufele participates in the race every year, and this year's edition is made in conjunction with Alfa Romeo.
The Italian firm's cars are not even marketed in the U.S., yet the watches are already in great demand. "There has been a waiting list," says Alexis Przybylski of Chopard in New York. The Mille Miglia GMT Alfa Romeo became available in the United States in October and starts at about $4,674 for the stainless steel edition. "Even if the Alfa Romeo cars are not sold in the U.S., car collectors and enthusiasts know very well about the particular brand and have always been intrigued by things European."
Americans do seem intrigued. As they should be. The United States is the key market for high-end European cars as well as watches, which both industries well know. Laurel Saville, a marketing consultant for Jaeger-LeCoultre, confirms that idea: "At the end of the day, it's a great way for both Jaeger and Aston Martin to develop new clientele, in that the JLC customer is in turn the AM customer and vice versa."


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They squeezed on to the balcony carrying the trophy and held it in the air, €20,000 worth of silver glistening. Down below, held back by a phalanx of policemen, a crowd cheered and someone pressed play. With crushing inevitability, We Are The Champions boomed out. The microphone went round, words of gratitude, cheesy jokes, the promise to do it again. The left-back couldn't stop giggling. The manager pushed his assistant centre stage. And the top scorer hid behind a flag. Then they were off again. Back on the bus, from the council to the cathedral for another offering. Priests and politicians, president, players and their prize. Behind them was a huge mural, giant letters proclaiming: "Congratulations champions! Real Madrid."
Yes, Real Madrid.
Two teams celebrated yesterday but only one team really wanted to. Real Madrid chose 12 May 2011 to formally commemorate their Copa del Rey success. The trophy they had already paraded on the night, Sergio Ramos brilliantly dropping it under the wheels of the bus, got another outing – three long weeks after it was actually won. Conveniently, they did so in the buildup to the Madrid elections, allowing the Partido Popular's Alberto Ruiz Gallardón and Esperanza Aguirre another perfect photo opportunity. Like Aguirre needs one. Even more conveniently, they did so on the day that FC Barcelona did what everyone expected Barcelona to do: wrap up the league title with two games to spare.
And so it was that this morning's Marca led on "the day of the champions", Madrid taking pride of place alongside Barcelona. So it was that AS gave the first five pages to Real Madrid's celebrations – on the day that Barcelona won their 21st league title, their third in a row, their fifth in seven years. Barcelona's fans spilled down the Ramblas, but it is the Puerta del Sol spread across the photos. It would have been an act of genius had it not been so tragically transparent. If Madrid planned to bump Barcelona off the covers, they failed: even Marca and AS, catering to a largely Madridista readership and unashamedly biased, refused to ignore Barcelona. The latter felt a twinge of discomfort, describing it as a diversionary tactic, cynically sought.
Far from eclipsing Barcelona's success, the decision ended up taking the gloss off Madrid's. And, make no mistake, winning a first Copa del Rey in 18 years – against Barcelona to boot – and picking up a first trophy in three years is a big success, a warning and a stepping stone towards something greater. As is a Champions League semi-final after six successive seasons of not getting beyond a single knockout tie. But by pitching it directly against Barcelona's league title (and, implicitly, the forthcoming Champions League final), Madrid lost. Even Sergio Ramos noted that "this cup doesn't taste like much". The night before Gonzalo Higuaín described it with a sad, irritable sigh as a paripé. And however much they tried to claim it has a different meaning in Argentina, he was right: a paripé is a hollow show, an act.
It felt wrong. Madrid's players did not much fancy a party yesterday (and not just because there are those among their ranks who are not Catholic and not PP supporters). Barcelona's players, on the other hand, did. For them, it felt right. There were discussions about postponing any celebrations because there is still a Champions League final to come, but the players and technical staff insisted on marking this league title in style. "Now it's time to eat a lot, sing a lot, dance a lot and laugh a lot and celebrate a lot," as Pep Guardiola said last night. They did not parade the cup – after all, that would involve the LFP being half-organised – but they did celebrate on the pitch at the Ciutat de Valencia, where they drew 1-1 with Levante. They did celebrate on the plane back to Barcelona. Today there will be an open-topped bus tour round the city. And on Saturday they will present the trophy at the Camp Nou.
"This has been a hard title," Guardiola said, saying it all. Because they have led the league since week 13, because the European Cup final is still to come, it would have been easy to act as if this league title is nothing to get excited about. Because Barcelona cannot now reach 100 points and are unlikely to get 100 goals, it almost feels like a disappointment. Because Ronaldo will beat Messi to the Pichichi, it is as if they have lost something. They have been so extraordinary so often that it has almost become routine to win the league, no big deal.
But it is a big deal – and that is the point Barça have consistently tried to make. Although they have wrapped the title up with two games to spare, although they effectively won it with the 1-1 draw in the clásico, although their play has not been sparkling in the second half of the season, and although Madrid have six points fewer than they had at the same stage last year, Barcelona believe this has been the toughest league they have had to win since Guardiola took over in 2008. One that should be celebrated properly.
Barcelona came into this campaign off the back of a World Cup with little time for a proper pre-season, fearful that the collapse would come after South Africa, as it did after USA 94 and Germany 2006. They started it too with the bitterness and controversy of Zlatan Ibrahimovic's transfer still unresolved and with the doubts over David Villa's adaptation (doubts which still exist). They had failed to sign Cesc Fábregas. Their squad is short, sometimes stretched to breaking point – they have been fortunate not to suffer significant injuries to Alves, Messi, Xavi or Piqué, while Iniesta has had the most injury-free season of his career – and they have had players out of position. Others have played more than they should.
Eric Abidal suffered a tumour on his liver. Guardiola, who has often felt unsupported, has been out with a slipped disc. An Italian TV channel caught him saying that this season would be his last. Sandro Rosell, the president, hardly helped when he predicted a 5-0 win in the Copa del Rey "just to keep up the trend". And they have been up against a team that, on occasions, has been brilliant – the most expensive side in history. Up against José Mourinho, too: Guardiola's shock "puto amo" response showed that he had got under their skin. Often nasty, intense and deeply unpleasant, the clásico series was, in Guardiola's words, "19 incredibly tough days". On the night before the semi-final second leg, the coach's most telling comment came when he said simply: "it's nearly over."
Then there's the constant chipping away at their credibility, wild accusations thrown at them – from fixture lists to opponents throwing matches, from refereeing conspiracies to the far more pernicious, unfounded, accusation of drug use.
But it is not just about the toil of this season. It is also about its symbolism. Barcelona won the league with a draw at the Ciutat de Valencia, just as they did in 2005 when the run of five league titles in seven years began – and there is a degree of continuity between this team and that one, coached by Frank Rijkaard. They travel to Wembley, where the Dream Team – the model that they consciously seek to emulate – won their only European Cup. "This team can never compete with the Dream Team," Guardiola said, "They started this".
Only they can.
The season started brilliantly: the 5-0 against Real Madrid may be the finest individual performance La Liga has seen – the one that most drew comparisons with the Dream Team. Other wonderful displays followed. In the second half of the season, they have lacked brilliance and changes will need to be made for next year. Villa's form has dipped. Pedro's too. They don't have a player like Ronaldinho or Deco and they certainly don't have one like Samuel Eto'o. Or even Thierry Henry. Leo Messi's centrality – ridiculous though it sounds after a season in which he has scored 34 goals and provided 19 assists – occasionally looks like a problem; he has a tendency to come too deep and become too involved. The number of goals has dropped. They have just one more than Real Madrid. When they won the league in 2008-09, they scored 105. Last year they got 98. This year, they are on 92 and, title wrapped up, could conceivably get no more.
But Barcelona have conceded just 20 all season. Barcelona's style is often misunderstood, heavily criticised when it does not produce lots of goals, but that is to misunderstand it. Some teams defend with position, Barcelona defend with possession. Tiki-taka is not just offensive. Teams are praised for stopping Barcelona scoring; Barcelona are never praised for stopping the opposition scoring. Possession is attacked as pointless by those that fail to realise that attacking is not the only point to possession. If Barcelona have lacked the sparkle, the ability to control games has remained.
They have been up against teams that have simply tried to stop them playing too; the accusation levelled at them is that they cannot break those that sit deep and wait but that is difficult for anyone. Madrid failed to score against Mallorca, Sporting, Levante, Osasuna and Deportivo. Mourinho's approach over the two Champions League matches has provoked criticism of both sides but it is, in a sense, the greatest compliment you pay Barcelona.
The sheen may have gone – and at times Barcelona's acting in Europe was truly unedifying – but this remains a brilliant team. For all the talk of style, which is so central to Barcelona's self-identity – sometimes sanctimoniously so, and Rosell couldn't resist calling last night a "victory for football" – in the final analysis, it has been hugely successful.
This is Barcelona's third successive Spanish league title. Only four coaches have achieved this before: Helenio Herrera, Miguel Muñoz, Enrique Fernández and Johan Cruyff. Cruyff's Dream Team is the only Barcelona side among them, having won four in a row. Yet the Dream Team were unbelievably lucky. In three of their four titles they needed their rivals to blow it on their behalf on the final day. Twice Madrid lost in Tenerife, once losing 3-2 having been 2-0 up, and Miroslav Djukic missed the 89th-minute penalty that would have given Deportivo de la Coruña the title in 1994. Guardiola's Barcelona side won the 2008-09 title by nine points, won the 2009-10 title by three points, racking up an incredible 99 points, and have won this title with two games to spare. In each of the last three seasons they have been top for 28, 30 and 24 weeks respectively. They have won it well.
In the three years since Guardiola took over, Barcelona have won three league titles, one Copa del Rey and one European Cup. They completed a unique treble, then added the European and Spanish Super Cups and the World Club Cup. They have reached a Copa del Rey and European Cup semi-final and a Copa del Rey final. They still have another European Cup final to come – against a Manchester United team whose record is astonishing too. Whatever happens next, whatever happens at Wembley, whatever happens next year, or the year after that, it is an extraordinary feat. Pep Guardiola claimed that his Barcelona are not at the same level as the Dream Team. He is right: they are better.
And that is something to celebrate.
Week 36 results and talking points
• It could just be the best assist ever. Camuñas chased a long ball up the left wing, cut inside, got punched full in the face, wobbled momentarily, lifted his hand towards his head, carried on into the area, blood streaming from just below the eye, provided a wonderful assist and turned to celebrate with the fans, pointing at his face, before trotting back to the centre circle, shrugging off attention and then, feeling a little giddy, hitting the turf. It was the 89th minute and Osasuna had come back from 2-0 down to beat Sevilla 3-2 with goals in the 87th and 89th minutes, dragging themselves five points clear of the relegation zone. "See this?" Camuñas said after the game, pointing at his face as everyone went bonkers, "this represents this club". "Look, look, look!" he said, pointing at the fans, "this is what Osasuna are all about." And that is why Osasuna will survive.
• Well, that's why they should survive, anyway. With two games to go, Almería and Hércules are now down. Nine teams could in theory still join them – everyone from 10th down. But the likelihood is that it will be one from Zaragoza [39 points], Getafe [40], or Deportivo [42]. That said, the way the games are set up (this weekend Depor face Barcelona, Real Sociedad go to Sevilla, and Zaragoza play Espanyol), there's still a decent chance of Real Sociedad [44] finding themselves playing for their lives on the final day, against Getafe at Anoeta. First up, Getafe-Osasuna on Sunday night.
• The Beast does it again.
• Speaking of beasts, there were three more for Ronaldo against Getafe. He now has a barely plausible 36 goals in 32 league games (or 37 goals, if you read Marca, which you really shouldn't – especially as this column does it for you so you don't have to). That's 62 in 61 matches in all competitions. And 82 in 86 games for Madrid. Silly.
• And Quique Sánchez Flores and Diego Forlán almost came to blows after Atlético were beaten by Racing Santander. The end is nigh for both men at the Calderón. And in Forlán's case it's a sad end to a brilliant spell at the club. By the way, Mister Ali did turn up this time, as Racing moved into ninth and safety.
Results: Deportivo 2-1 Athletic, Málaga 2-0 Sporting, Racing 2-1 Atlético, Real Madrid 4-0 Getafe, Real Sociedad 2-1 Zaragoza, Levante 1-1 Barcelona, Almería 0-0 Villarreal, Espanyol 2-2 Valencia, Hércules 2-2 Mallorca, Osasuna 3-2 Sevilla

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First lady Michelle Obama is heading back to Wisconsin this week.
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The imaginative work, which originally dawned at the New York Theatre Workshop, transferred to New World Stages March 18 for a new Off-Broadway run. Rosen, who takes over the role of Smee for a limited engagement, appeared in the original Off-Broadway production.
Kevin Del Aguila, who normally plays Smee, is on hiatus from Starcatcher to appear in the Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park production of Love's Labor's Lost. He will return to Starcatcher on Aug. 26.
Based on the novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, Peter and the Starcatcher first premiered Off-Broadway at the New York Theatre Workshop March 9, 2011, where it extended its run twice. The entire Off-Broadway cast returned for the Broadway transfer that began March 28, 2012, and opened to acclaim April 15 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. It ended its Broadway run Jan. 20, 2013. The new Off-Broadway transfer is open-ended.
Tony Award nominee Rick Elice (Jersey Boys, The Addams Family) authored the stage adaptation that is co-directed by Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson Tony Award nominee Alex Timbers and Tony winner Roger Rees (The Addams Family, Nicholas Nickleby). It features original Tony Award-nominated songs by Wayne Barker.
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The play, according to producers, takes audiences on "a journey to answer the century-old question: How did Peter Pan become The Boy Who Never Grew Up? This epic origin story of one of popular culture's most enduring and beloved characters proves that an audience's imagination can be the most captivating place in the world."
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Cicely Tyson (Born December 19, 1933) An actress. A successful stage actress, Tyson is also known for her Oscar-nominated role in the film Sounder and the television movies The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and Roots.Tyson was born and raised in Harlem, New York, the daughter of Theodosia, a domestic, and William Tyson, who worked as a carpenter, a painter, or any other jobs he could find. A member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority. On May 17, 2009, Tyson received an honorary degree from Morehouse College, an all-male college.In 2010, she was awarded the Spingarn Medal from the NAACP.She was discovered or found by a photographer for Ebony magazine and became a popular fashion model. Her first credited film role was in Carib Gold in 1956, but she went on to do television such as the celebrated series East Side/West Side and the soap opera The Guiding Light. In 1961, Tyson appeared in the original cast of French playwright Jean Genet's The Blacks, the longest running off-Broadway non-musical of the decade, running for 1,408 performances. She appeared with Sammy Davis, Jr. in the film A Man Called Adam (1966) and starred in the film version of Graham Greene's The Comedians (1967). Tyson had a featured role in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968) and was in a segment of the movie Roots.Tyson as Jane Pittman, 1974.The handprints of Cicely Tyson in front of The Great Movie Ride at Walt Disney World's Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park.In 1972, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the critically acclaimed Sounder. In 1974, she won two Emmy Awards for The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. Sir Sidney Poitier(Born February 20, 1927) actor, film director, author, and diplomat.In 1963, Poitier became the first black person to win an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Lilies of the Field. The significance of this achievement was later bolstered in 1967 when he starred in three successful films: To Sir, with Love; In the Heat of the Night; and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, making him the top box-office star of that year. In all three films, issues revolve around the race of the characters Poitier portrays. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Poitier among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time, ranking 22nd on the list of 25.Poitier has directed a number of popular movies, such as A Piece of the Action, Uptown Saturday Night, Let's Do It Again (with friend Bill Cosby) and Stir Crazy (starring Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder). In 2002, thirty-eight years after receiving the Best Actor Award, Poitier was chosen by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to receive an Honorary Award, designated "To Sidney Poitier in recognition of his remarkable accomplishments as an artist and as a human being."Since 1997, he has been the Bahamian ambassador to Japan. On August 12, 2009, Sidney Poitier was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States of America's highest civilian honor, by President Barack Obama.Dorothy Jean Dandridge(November 9, 1922 – September 8, 1965) was an actress and singer, and was the first African-American to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.She performed as a vocalist in venues such as the Cotton Club and the Apollo Theater.After several minor bit parts in films, Dandridge landed her first noted film role in Tarzan's Peril (starring Lex Barker), in 1951. Dandridge won her first starring role in 1953, playing a teacher in a low-budget film with a nearly all-black cast, Bright Road, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.In 1954, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for Carmen Jones, and in 1959 she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Porgy and Bess. In 1999, she was the subject of the HBO biopic Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, starring Halle Berry as Dandridge. She has been recognized on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.Dandridge was married and divorced twice, first to dancer and entertainer Harold Nicholas (the father of her daughter, Harolyn Suzanne) and then to Jack Denison. She died at age 42.James Earl Jones Born January 17, 1931, an actor who in a career of over 50 years has become known as "one of America's most distinguished and versatile" and "one of the greatest actors in American history." Since his Broadway debut in 1957, Jones has won several awards, including a Tony Award and Golden Globe Award for his role in The Great White Hope. He is also known for his voice acting role as Darth Vader as well as many film, stage, and television roles.As a child Jones overcame a stutter that lasted for several years. A pre-med major in college, he went on to serve as an Army Ranger during the Korean War, before dedicating his career to acting.On November 12, 2011, he received an Honorary Academy Award.Diana Ross (Born March 26, 1944[1]) a vocalist, recording artist, actress, and African-superstar-diva-legend. Ross has a soprano vocal range.Ross first rose to fame as a founding member and lead singer of the Motown group The Supremes during the 1960s. After leaving the group in 1970, Ross began a solo career that has included successful ventures into film and Broadway. She received a Best Actress Academy Award nomination for her role as Billie Holiday in Lady Sings the Blues (1972), for which she won a Golden Globe award; making her the first African-American woman to achieve such a feat. She has won seven American Music Awards, and won a Tony Award for her one-woman show, An Evening with Diana Ross, in 1977.In 1976, Billboard magazine named her the "Female Entertainer of the Century." In 1993, the Guinness Book of World Records declared Diana Ross the most successful female music artist in history due to her success in the United States and United Kingdom for having more hits than any female artist in the charts with a career total of 70 hit singles. Diana Ross has sold more than 100 million records worldwide. In 1988, Ross was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as member of the Supremes alongside Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson.Ross is one of the few recording artists to have two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame—one as a solo artist and the other as a member of The Supremes. In December 2007, she received the Kennedy Center Honors. In 2012, Diana was finally honored by NARAS with a Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award in her 50th year in the music business.Paul Edward Winfield (May 22, 1939 – March 7, 2004), a television, film, and stage actor. He was known for his portrayal of a Louisiana sharecropper who struggles to support his family during the Great Depression in the landmark film Sounder, which earned him an Academy Award nomination. Winfield portrayed Captain Terrell of the Starship Reliant in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, and he also portrayed Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the television miniseries King, for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award.
A Special Black History Edition 'It's a RapMarian Anderson (February 27, 1897 – April 8, 1993) was an African-American contralto and one of the most celebrated singers of the twentieth century. Music critic Alan Blyth said "Her voice was a rich, vibrant contralto of intrinsic beauty." Most of her singing career was spent performing in concert and recital in major music venues and with famous orchestras throughout the United States and Europe between 1925 and 1965. Although offered roles with many important European opera companies, Anderson declined, as she had no training in acting. She preferred to perform in concert and recital only. She did, however, perform opera arias within her concerts and recitals. She made many recordings that reflected her broad performance repertoire of everything from concert literature to lieder to opera to traditional American songs and spirituals.Anderson became an important figure in the struggle for black artists to overcome racial prejudice in the United States during the mid-twentieth century.Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Harris April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday had a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo.Critic John Bush wrote that Holiday "changed the art of American pop vocals forever." She co-wrote only a few songs, but several of them have become jazz standards, notably "God Bless the Child", "Don't Explain", "Fine and Mellow", and "Lady Sings the Blues". She also became famous for singing "Easy Living", "Good Morning Heartache", and "Strange Fruit", a protest song which became one of her standards and was made famous with her 1939 recording.Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996), also known as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella", was an American jazz and song vocalist. With a vocal range spanning three octaves (D?3 to D?6), she was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing and intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing.Fitzgerald was a notable interpreter of the Great American Songbook. Over the course of her 59-year recording career, she was the winner of 13 Grammy Awards and was awarded the National Medal of Arts by Ronald Reagan and the Presidential Medal of Freedom by George H. W. Bush.Bessie Smith (April 15, 1894 – September 26, 1937) was an American blues singer.Nicknamed The Empress of the Blues, Smith was the most popular female blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s. She is often regarded as one of the greatest singers of her era and, along with Louis Armstrong, a major influence on subsequent jazz vocalists.Florence Beatrice Price (April 9,1887, Little Rock, Arkansas – June 3, 1953, Chicago, Illinois) was an American composer. Florence Price (née Smith) is considered the first Black woman in the United States to be recognized as a symphonic composer. Even though her training was steeped in European tradition, Price's music consists of mostly the American idiom and reveals her Southern roots. Her mother, a soprano and pianist, carefully guided her early musical training, and at age fourteen, she enrolled in the New England Conservatory of Music with a major in piano and organ. She studied composition and counterpoint with George Chadwick and Frederick Converse, writing her first string trio and symphony in college, and graduating in 1907 with honors and both an artist diploma in organ and a teaching certificate.She taught in Arkansas from 1907–1927 and married Thomas J. Price, an attorney, in 1912. After a series of racial incidents in Little Rock, particularly a lynching that took place in 1927, the family moved to Chicago where Price began a new and fulfilling period in her compositional career. She studied composition, orchestration, and organ with the leading teachers in the city including Arthur Olaf Anderson, Carl Busch, Wesley La Violette, and Leo Sowerby and published four pieces for piano in 1928. While in Chicago Price was at various times enrolled at the Chicago Musical College, Chicago Teacher's College, Chicago University, and American Conservatory of Music, studying languages and liberal arts subjects as well as music.
Sarah Lois Vaughan (March 27, 1924 – April 3, 1990) was an American jazz singer, described by Scott Yanow as having "one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century."Nicknamed "Sailor" (for her salty speech), "Sassy" and "The Divine One", Sarah Vaughan was a Grammy Award winner. The National Endowment for the Arts bestowed upon her its "highest honor in jazz", the NEA Jazz Masters Award, in 1989.Biographies of Vaughan frequently stated that she was immediately thrust into stardom after a winning Amateur Night performance at Harlem's Zeus Theater. In fact, the story that biographer Renee relates seems to be a bit more complex. Vaughan was frequently accompanied by a friend, Doris Robinson, on her trips into New York City. Sometime in the fall of 1942 (when Sarah was 18 years old), Vaughan suggested that Robinson enter the Apollo Theater Amateur Night contest. Vaughan played piano accompaniment for Robinson, who won second prize. Vaughan later decided to go back and compete herself as a singer. Vaughan sang "Body and Soul" and won, although the exact date of her victorious Apollo performance is uncertain. The prize, as Vaughan recalled later to Marian McPartland, was $10 and the promise of a week's engagement at the Apollo. After a considerable delay, Vaughan was contacted by the Apollo in the spring of 1943 to open for Ella Fitzgerald.


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Winners announced for Peer Review Challenge
Top entries focus on recognizing reviewers and making the process more efficient
By Clare Lehane Posted on 1 November 2012
The Author
Dr. Clare Lehane graduated from University College Cork in Ireland with a PhD in marine ecology in 2004 and has worked in various aspects of publishing since then. She joined Elsevier in 2006 and is a publisher on the Energy and Planetary Sciences portfolio, where she has responsibility for 11 journals in the areas of nuclear energy, solar materials, bioenergy and greenhouse gas, along with three planetary sciences journals.
A version of this article was published in the October 2012 issue of Editors Update.[divider]
Since the 1660s, peer review has proved essential for judging the difference between science and speculation.
Over the years, however, pressure on the system has continued to grow as the global academic community expands and manuscript submissions rise.
It can be tough for editors to not only find appropriate reviewers willing to review for their journals but to motivate them to keep reviewing time and time again. At Elsevier, we are keen to work with the research community to explore ways to ease that pressure, and we are currently working on a number of peer-review pilots and innovations. One avenue we recently explored was a global competition seeking researchers' thoughts on the future of peer review. This was inspired by the success of similar competitions such as the Elsevier Grand Challenge and the Executable Paper Grand Challenge.
In an issue of Reviewers' Update earlier this year, we threw down the gauntlet to readers, asking them to submit ideas that could improve the current peer-review system. We also invited entries that explored how publishers and editors can help early career researchers become reviewers, or how reviewers can be recognized by either their institutes or publishers.
More than 800 readers took up the challenge, and entries embraced all aspects of peer review, from improvements to the actual "mechanics" of the process to how to reward reviewers. It was interesting to note that a great many entries detailed suggestions for rewarding reviewers in ways that can be noted on CVs. In addition, there was an intriguing dichotomy between entries that were firmly in favor of the extension of double blind type peer-review systems and those who advocated completely open peer review. The judges chose a list of finalists, whose ideas were published on the Peer Review Challenge website with an invitation to the academic community to post comments.
More than 300 people responded, and those comments were taken into account by the judges when making their final decision. Many teleconference calls and emails later, the final three winners have been chosen and their winning entries can be found below.
Philippe Terheggen As a judge,Philippe Terheggen, Senior VP of Physical Sciences II at Elsevier, said he was was impressed by the quality of the entries. "We were really pleased by the number of entries, as well as the thought and initiative invested in them," he said. "The next stage is to work with our winners to develop their ideas. We need to determine whether they can be integrated into existing systems, like the peer review annotation idea, or develop the framework necessary to manage and deliver the reviewer points system in a logical way.
"This Challenge has shown that the scientific community is keen to publicly and systematically acknowledge reviewers' work, as well as to utilize platforms that make reviewing easier and more transparent for all players. It is our task as publishers to work with the community …"
If you would like to get involved in any of the pilots in this article, contact Dr. Clare Lehane at firstname.lastname@example.com.[divider]
Overall winner
Elsevier Reviewer Badges and Rewards
Simon Gosling, Lecturer in Physical Geography, Nottingham University School of Geography, UK
Dr. Gosling suggested introducing a standardized way to recognize the cumulative effort of a particular reviewer. He explains: "Peer reviews are an important service to the academic community and fundamental to academic publishing. I entered the Challenge because I feel strongly that reviewers should be recognized and rewarded in some way for the time and effort they invest – often on top of a very busy schedule – in preparing article reviews for journal editors. I see the future of peer review as a positive feedback cycle whereby reviewers (especially early career researchers) – encouraged by an opportunity to enhance their reputation as a reliable and good reviewer and to receive journal and/or book discounts – prepare high-quality helpful reviews that in turn help to make the job of journal editors more straightforward. This way, authors, editors and reviewers all benefit from the peer-review process. To date, reviewers have received little benefit, let alone anything tangible. I envisage the acknowledgment of reviewers' time and efforts through a widely recognized tangible accrediting system that would be well-known and citeable on a CV, which I have termed Elsevier Reviewer Badges."
Visit the Peer Review Challenge website for details of Dr. Gosling's winning entry.[divider]
Top Reviewer Incentives
Michael Muthukrishna, Graduate student, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Canada
Muthukrishna's idea also concentrates on reviewer rewards and develops the idea of a public points system for reviewers, inspired by websites such as Reddit and Slashdot: "As a researcher and a technologist, I was thrilled to hear about Elsevier's Peer Review Challenge. Technology affords new and often better ways of approaching old problems. The peer-review process consists of established and largely successful practices that support good science and I am cognizant that caution is required when tampering with it. Nevertheless, I see the peer-review process gradually taking advantage of the advancements tested in public, peer-reviewed forums, such as Reddit, Slashdot.org, StackOverflow, Amazon, and many open source software projects. The successful processes in these domains have converged on solutions supported by psychological research, including the power of reputation, which I focused on in my entry."
Visit the Peer Review Challenge website for details of Michael Muthukrishna's entry.[divider]
Peer Review Annotation Application
Koen Hufkens, Postdoctoral research associate, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Belgium
In contrast to the previous ideas, Dr. Hufkens' entry suggests that the online platform facilitating peer review could be improved. He recommends creating an integrated review application that would, among other things, include an integrated PDF reader with annotation possibilities and generate a review template listing the changes to be made based upon annotations on the PDF. This would save reviewers' time. He writes: "As a scientist, reviewing for journals is considered an integral part of your work. However, given the voluntary nature of this task, often little time is budgeted towards it. Talking to colleagues it became apparent to me that reviewing for journals is something done when one has a few minutes to spare, e.g., on a flight, train or bus to the next meeting or commuting home. I entered the competition with the idea that a lot of time could be saved by integrating some of today's technology into a reviewing platform.
This platform would integrate reading and annotating on the original document, summarizing these 'in line' notes into a concise summary for the authors to read. Ideally this platform would be online and cloud-based so you could easily pick up and continue where you left of the day before. It's easy to perceive how trends such as tablet applications could extend from this basic idea to provide even greater flexibility and ease of use for the reviewer on the go, or on the couch. As a good work-life balance is limited by available free time, I feel that providing the tools to free up extra time should be considered a major incentive for most scientists to continue reviewing for Elsevier."
Visit the Peer Review Challenge website for details of Dr. Hufkens' entry.
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Possible application
Dr. Hufkens' ideas chime perfectly with current plans for Evise, Elsevier's next-generation editorial system. The roll-out of Evise will begin in the second half of 2013 and will include online viewing and annotation of submissions. Reviewers and Editors will be able to view the manuscript and add comments to it online. These comments will then be saved with the submission and can be made available to the author. Koen's winning entry will be shared with the Evise team. — Linda Willems, Editor of Editors' Update[/note]


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A man has been fined for downing and regurgitating two goldfish in NekNomination dare, despite the fact that the animals are still alive today.
Jack Blowers was sober when he went to a local shop to buy the fish, Lowestoft Magistrates' Court in Suffolk heard.
The 20-year-old was filmed setting up a pint-sized aquarium, complete with gravel and fish food, in a glass before drinking it in one go.
The clip, which was uploaded to Facebook, goes on to show him vomiting up the contents of the glass into a toilet. He then rescued the fish and took them to his grandmother's house, where he put them in her fish bowl.
They survived and are still alive today, prosecutor Kevin Batch said.
However, Mr Batch said the RSPCA prosecution was in the public interest because of the level of ''pre-meditation'' involved.
Blowers' lawyer said he did not realise what he did was illegal.
Richard Mann, mitigating, said: ''He knew that we all eat fish, we boil lobsters alive and things like that.
''Looking into the law, if he had done this with an octopus or something without vertebrae, this would not have been an illegal act.''
Jack Blowers, as he downed two goldfish as part of a Neknomination dare before regurgitating them (PA)
Blowers, from Lowestoft, pleaded guilty to failing to protect the fish from suffering and failing to meeting their needs on February 8 this year.
Mr Batch said: ''This case involves the current craze of Neknominate.
''The problem with this craze is that more often or not the next nomination has to be more extreme than the previous nomination.
''In this case the nomination was clearly to drink two goldfish.''
A vet's report presented to the magistrates confirmed that the fish would have suffered.
Blowers' friend, Joseph Meikle, 20, also from Lowestoft, filmed the stunt and has since accepted a caution.
Chair of the bench Philip Key fined Blowers £200 and ordered him to pay legal costs of £600. He also disqualified him from keeping animals for 12 months.
He told him: ''You bought two goldfish with the sole intention of drinking them a putting them on social media.
''If you do become known for this in future, you've only got yourself to blame.
''We believe this was cruel, reckless and stupid.''
Outside court, Blowers said he had not given the fish names.
He added: ''I will see them again if I'm round my Nan's house.
''It was a stupid prank which has cost me a lot of money. I won't do it again but my family are glad I didn't do it with alcohol.''
Neknomination is a viral craze which involves friends encouraging one another to drink something, often alcohol, before passing on the dare to three others.
In June, Robert Atkinson, 20, was filmed buying a goldfish and taking it to a fast food outlet in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, before dropping it into a pint of beer and downing it.
He was banned from keeping animals and fined £723 after admitting inflicting unnecessary harm to a protected animal.
Two months earlier, Gavin Hope, 22, from Gateshead, was fined £300 after swallowing a live goldfish in a Neknomination challenge.


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WHAT'S YOUR FAIR FOOD PERSONALITY? It's rather surprising that no enterprising sociologist has yet to develop a survey of some sort that pairs fair goers with their favorite treats (and what those treats might say about them). We're not sure we'd entirely buy it if someone told us that we're on the saltier side because we go for olive and picked snacks, but we do have a hunch that fair regulars wait all year to head back to the same booth for the very same treat that they enjoyed the year before. Then, and only then, can they sample this year's buzzed-about bite (usually something deep-fried, on a stick, or both). The fact is, though -- and no survey is needed to confirm this -- that food is big business for our county fairs and for the California State Fair, Sacramento's annual summertime party. Nope, the eats are not a byproduct, something that attendees occasionally partake in to build energy. Very often the fried candy bars and donut-bunned hamburgers are the reason for the visit. If this is you, we raise our crunchy golden candy bar in your direction and point you toward the latest offerings of the California State Fair, which is set to make merry in our capital starting on Friday, July 12.
WHERE TO BEGIN THE BITES: Over 100 vendors will be on the Cal Expo grounds, serving veges, meats, fruits, sweets, and several delicacies that contain a little bit of everything, or at least two things. Deep fried mac 'n cheese -- wait for it -- on a stick, deep-fried cream cheese with sweet-hot sauce, and deep-fried cheese curds are three of the many foods that begin with "deep-fried." Lighter fair fare includes chilled edamame and veggie kabobs. And we're most intrigued by the chocolate-covered wine grapes, sorbetto-filled fresh fruit, and, yep, deep-fried Pop Tarts. If you can't try all you'd like in a day, keep a calendar handy: It keeps on truckin', along with its many offbeat edibles, right through Sunday, July 28.


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Bioengineer to use hybrid imaging system to see deep tissue
|(Nanowerk News) A UT Arlington bioengineer has been awarded a $407,163 National Science Foundation Early Career Development grant to use light and sound to produce an accurate image of a patient's deep tissue.
|Baohong Yuan, an assistant professor of bioengineering at The University of Texas at Arlington, said his process overcomes the challenge of getting accurate images in deep tissue.
|Currently, to analyze tissue more than a centimeter beneath the skin, physicians may select a noninvasive imaging method or surgically cut to take a patient biopsy for light microscopic imaging.
|While biopsy provides reliable results, it is invasive and consumes time and labor. On the other hand, while imaging methods allow physicians quickly and easily to evaluate intact tissue, the images become fuzzy in deep tissue, Yuan said.
|Yuan said, "If you use light to take a picture of deep tissue, the light is dispersed. But if you use sound to control the light, you can get an accurate picture of what is within the deep tissue."
|Biopsies would still be the most accurate sampling, he said. But Yuan said his method would give physicians an alternative to the surgical procedure when they need an image of deep tissue.
|"Compared with light microscopy, in my process, you'll sacrifice resolution a little bit to get more depth portrayed in the image," said Yuan, who joined the UT Arlington College of Engineering in 2010.
|One application might be for cancer patients whose physicians are tracking whether tumors have shrunk during treatments. Yuan's tool also could be used to detect scar tissue and assess how deep it runs before an operation is performed.
|Jean-Pierre Bardet, dean of the College of Engineering, said Yuan's work has the potential to revolutionize the way doctors examine patients.
|"Imagine doctors who could use a microscope that probes a few centimeters beneath the skin of patients without making an incision," Bardet said. "Dr. Yuan's research has a chance to make an impact in healthcare."
|Source: University of Texas at Arlington
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Ah, Spring in Chicago, either it's great or horrible, usually no in between. Hopefully the weather cooperates today, and all weekend as the Cubs welcome the defending champion San Francisco Giants to town for a four game set. Should be some great baseball on display this weekend, hopefully for both teams. As usual the Giants boast of formidable pitching staff that will most definitely pose a challenge for the Cubs anemic offense.
Last Series:
The Cubs split the two game series with the Brewers as the final game was rained out.
The Giants swept the Rockies in a three game series at home.
Game Times and Broadcast Information:
- Thursday, April 11, 2013 – 1:20 PM CST on CSN Chicago
- Friday, April 12, 2013 – 1:20 PM CST on CSN Chicago
- Wednesday, April 13, 2013 – 12:05 PM CST on FOX
- Sunday, April 14, 2013 – 1:20 PM CST on WGN TV
Starting Pitchers Scheduled:
Game One – Scott Feldman (0-1, 7.71)
– Career vs. Giants (4 appearances, 2 GS) (0-3, 5.54)
Game Two – Carlos Villanueva (0-0, 1.35)
– Career vs. Giants (13 appearances, 1 GS) (2-1, 4.15)
Game Three – Jeff Samardzija (1-1, 2.63)
– Career vs. Giants (6 appearances, 1 GS) (0-0, 2.53)
Game Four – Edwin Jackson (0-2, 5.73)
– Career vs. Giants (5 appearances, 4 GS) (2-2, 4.73)
Game One – Ryan Vogelsong (0-1, 8.44)
– Career vs. Cubs (15 appearances, 9 GS) (4-5, 5.73)
Game Two – Matt Cain (0-1, 8.38)
– Career vs. Cubs (13 GS) (6-2, 2.45)
Game Three – Madison Bumgarner (2-0, 1.32)
– Career vs. Cubs (6 GS) (3-2, 2.79)
Game Four – Tim Lincecum (1-0, 4.91)
– Career vs. Cubs (10 GS) (4-4, 3.43)
Who's Hot / Who's Not:
Something happened in the Brewers series, the Cubs found some offense, not only offense, but clutch offense. In both games the Cubs mounted comebacks, one successful, and one not so successful. Regardless, it was good to see guys having good at bats and driving the ball when they needed to. Welington Castillo has been a consistent threat at the plate since day one for the Cubs, he's hitting .381 on the season with two doubles, a home run, and five RBI's. Nate Schierholtz is also swinging a hot bat as he is hitting .304 on the season, and sports an impressive .385 OBP. Alfonso Soriano is scuffling, he's back to missing his pitch and then getting himself out on the pitchers pitch. He's hitting .194 on the season and has no extra base hits, or RBI's. The Cubs pitching is starting to show some dents, but for the most part the starters have been great. Hector Rondon has been very good out of the pen, while Shawn Camp has struggled of late.
It's a former Cub that is leading the offensive attack for the Giants, Angel Pagan is hitting .361 in the early going. Pablo Sandoval is also swinging a hot bat hitting .345 on the season with two home runs and six RBI's, and has only struck out once in 29 at bats. Brandon Belt is struggling at the plate as he is only hitting .148 with only two extra base hits and no RBI's. The Cubs won't see Barry Zito in this series, usually that's a bad thing, but not this year, Zito started on his comeback trail last year, and has continued it this year as he hasn't given up a run so far this year in two starts over fourteen innings. Ryan Vogelsong and Matt Cain have been knocked around a bit as Vogelsong has a 8.44 ERA, and Cain has a 8.38 ERA, when was the last time you saw that?
Bold Prediction:
The Cubs usually play up to their competition, at home at least, I think they play well enough to split this four game series. If they get a surprisingly solid performance from Feldman and Villanueva they might take three of four.
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Michael Kuiper (12-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) is either feeling like the unluckiest or the most feared fighter in the UFC. The middleweight has been pulled from Saturday's UFC on FOX 6 fight card after a fourth opponent scratched from the event.
UFC officials today announced an injury to Josh Janousek (8-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC), and with the event just five days away, a replacement won't be sought.
Janousek was a replacement for Buddy Roberts (12-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC), who was a replacement for Caio Magalhaes (5-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC), who was a replacement for Thiago Perpetuo (9-1-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC). The initial pairing was expected to take place this past weekend at UFC on FX 7 before an eventual move to UFC on FOX 6 with the Kuiper-Roberts pairing earlier this month.
UFC on FOX 6 takes place Saturday at Chicago's United Center. The main card airs on FOX following prelims on FX and Facebook.
Janousek vs. Kuiper was expected to kick off the event and Facebook stream. Officials didn't say if they'll attempt to rebook the fight for a later event.
Kuiper, a Dutch prospect, looked to return to action after a hard-fought TKO win over Jared Hamman at August's UFC 150 event. That result marked Kuiper's first octagon win after he suffered a decision loss to Rafael Natal in his promotional debut, which spoiled a perfect 11-0 pro record.
Janousek, a JUCO national wrestling champion and Division II All-American who turned pro in 2008, accepted the fight just a week ago and was scheduled to make his UFC debut at UFC on FOX 6.
The full UFC on FOX 6 card now includes:
MAIN CARD (FOX, 8 p.m. ET)
- Champ Demetrious Johnson vs. John Dodson – for flyweight title
- Quinton Jackson vs. Glover Teixeira
- Donald Cerrone vs. Anthony Pettis
- Erik Koch vs. Ricardo Lamas
PRELIMINARY CARD (FX, 5 p.m. ET)
- T.J. Grant vs. Matt Wiman
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Service Level Update for Sanitary and Stormwater Facilities for Land Divisions for Attached Houses
Service Level Update for Sanitary and Stormwater Facilities
for Land Divisions for Attached Houses
Effective immediately, for all land divisions for attached houses, separate sanitary and stormwater systems will be required for each lot, and no portion of the system for an individual lot may be located on any other lot. (Oregon Plumbing Specialty Code ("Plumbing Code") § 308.1.) For shared systems to be approved, applicants must seek approval, through the plumbing code appeals process, and meet the requirements for a modification or exemption from the Plumbing Code. These requirements include demonstrating that:
- unique circumstances exist that make strict compliance with the requirements of the Plumbing Code impractical;
- the proposed modifications comply with the intent of the Plumbing Code; and
- the proposed modifications provide an equivalent level of quality, effectiveness and safety. Applicants will be notified of the requirement to appeal requests for a shared system in response to Land Use Review (LUR) notices.
Historically, many applicants for land divisions for multiple attached house projects have proposed systems in which sanitary sewer and stormwater are collected through a common system and disposed to a public facility through a single shared connection. The Plumbing Code requires that each property be able to connect directly to the public system such that no portion of the plumbing, drainage or sewer system for that property is located on any other property. (Plumbing Code § 308.1.)
Effective immediately, the following apply:
- New proposals that have not been through Early Assistance (EA) meetings or Pre-Application Conferences. All new proposals must comply with the Plumbing Code requirement that all plumbing, drainage and sewer systems are located solely on individual properties. Any deviations from this requirement must be approved through the Plumbing Code appeal process. Through the Plumbing Code appeal process, applicants must: demonstrate that it is impractical to individually connect each residential unit to the public facility without crossing other properties; specify the conditions that are unique to the project and not encountered on the majority of the developable properties in the jurisdiction; and offer an alternative design that facilitates maintenance, access and service to the systems. All required plumbing appeals must be approved (whether administratively or by the Plumbing Code Board of Appeals) before the preliminary plat approval is issued. The applicant must provide an extension for the land use review if the Plumbing Code appeal takes additional time.
- New proposals that have been through Early Assistance (EA) meetings or Pre-Application Conferences. Regardless of prior statements by City staff at the EA or Pre-Application Conference, the same standard described above for new proposals will apply.
- Proposals that have been formally submitted but where a decision has not been rendered. Preliminary plats that were submitted with shared systems that cross property lines that are being reviewed but where a decision has not been rendered will be returned to the applicant for submittal of an appeal, if one has not yet been submitted. Once the information in the appeal packet is complete, a decision will be rendered at the earliest possible convenience of the appeal board.
- Proposals being reviewed through the final plat (FP) process. FPs will be processed consistent with what was approved during the preliminary plat review process. Appeals will not be retroactively required and any shared system previously approved will not be reconsidered or reexamined.
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The 100 Moments of TSU Athletics presented by Taco Bell® series continues by looking back at one of the most successful NFL careers that a Tennessee State player has ever had.
Defensive End Anthony Pleasant was an Associated Press All-American selection his senior season at Tennessee State in 1989.
After graduating from TSU, Pleasant was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the third round, 73rd overall, one of four Tigers to get drafted in 1990. He is also the last defensive lineman from TSU to get drafted.
During his career, he played for the Baltimore Ravens ('96), Atlanta Falcons ('97), New York Jets ('98-99), San Francisco 49ers (2000) and New England Patriots (2001-03), where he was a member of two Super Bowl championship teams.
He played in more than 202 regular season games (157 starts), amassed 531 tackles (407 solo), recorded 58 sacks, forced 13 fumbles, two fumble recoveries and had two interceptions. He also started seven career playoff games.
During the 1993 season with Cleveland, the Century, Florida, native had a career-high 11 sacks. Two years later, he tallied eight sacks to go along with six forced fumbles.
Pleasant is currently in his third season as the defensive line coach for the Kansas City Chiefs. He served an NFL Minority Coaching Fellowship with the Chiefs in 2009, working closely with the club's defensive ends, before being promoted to his current role in 2010.
The 100 Moments of TSU Athletics presented by Taco Bell® highlights some of the greatest moments in honor of Tennessee State's centennial celebration. A new moment will be released each weekday for a total of 100. These moments were chosen by the TSU 100 Moments committee, which consists of alums from various departments. TSU has so many great moments, not all can be represented in these 100.
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Argus Leader: Alumna to Teach in Tanzania
Amy (Jorgensen) Caselli, a 2008 Augustana graduate, and her husband Ian are going to spend a year teaching in Tanzania under the guidance of Village Schools International. The nondenominational program sends missionary teachers to small villages in Africa.
Performing and Visual Arts Scholarships Announced
The Department of Performing and Visual Arts at Augustana College recently announced 94 arts scholarships awarded for this coming academic year. The scholarship recipients will begin classes for the 2009 fall semester on Wednesday, September 9.
Alumnus Cited by USD Student Bar Association
Richard Gregerson, Augustana class of 1957, received the 2009 Marshall M. McKusick Award from the University of South Dakota Student Bar Association during the annual meeting of the State Bar of South Dakota in Sioux Falls.
KELO-TV: Yellow Ribbon Grant Pays $18,000
A new grant program will provide thousands of dollars for veterans working toward a degree in higher education. It's called the Yellow Ribbon Program, and at Augustana, those who qualify will receive up to $18,000 dollars for one year of tuition costs.
Alumnus Receives Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching
David Ireland, class of 1981, is the recipient of a Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, the highest recognition that a K-12 mathematics or science teacher may receive for outstanding teaching in the United States.
Augustana Joins Program to Help Veterans Attend College
Augustana College once again is reaching out to military veterans looking to advance their education. Brenda Murtha, Director of Financial Aid, said the College has joined the Yellow Ribbon Program, a federal effort to help military veterans attend college.
Alumna Receives Fulbright to Study in Germany
Nora Johnson, a 2005 Augustana graduate and currently a graduate student in physics at Kansas State University, has been awarded a 2009 Fulbright Scholarship to study at the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics in Garching, Germany.
Four Students Chosen for Sophomore Honors
Four Augustana students have been selected to receive sophomore honors. Sophomore Honors recognizes students who have demonstrated outstanding achievement at an early stage of their college career.
KELO-TV: Professor Comments on Economic Perception vs. Reality
Dr. Reynold Nesiba, Associate Professor of Economics at Augustana, was recently featured on KELO-TV's Eye on Keloland. Dr. Nesiba discusses the realities of South Dakota's economic situation and how it can be improved.
Argus Leader: Dr. Adrien Hannus to be Featured on PBS
A nationwide television series set to air Wednesday features Augustana Professor Dr. Adrien Hannus at five historic U.S. archaeological sites, including travels to North Carolina, South Carolina, Illinois, Utah and South Dakota.


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First she suffered horribly, then she died. Because she went to a movie with a friend, and then got on a bus.
First she suffered horribly, then she died. Because she went to a movie with a friend, and then got on a bus.
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Anthony K says
What Nepenthe said.
Doesn't everything just pale into insignificance when you hear stories of this diabolical nature.
It's rather ironic that I couldn't bear to reply to the last post due to what the young student had been exposed to by the antediluvian barbarians. However, now that medical student is no longer alive, it doesn't matter anymore.
I hope the women of New Delhi rise up, and let it be known that they won't stand for any more of this barbaric treatment of women.
The student never knew the trap she was walking into when she stepped on to a bus in New Delphi. She was lured to her death, by that one act that most of us take for granted every day of our lives. We think it bad when someone steals our purses on the buses, but, cor blimey, to have your life stolen is a different kettle of fish altogether.
Condolences to the bereaved family.
atheist says
So sorry to hear this. Sickening.
bubba707 says
And the Delhi police will still claim it was HER fault and the men involved were blameless. What uncivilized barbarians.
oolon says
Assholes. I hope she didn't die for nothing and some good comes of the uprising that seems to be the response at the moment.
Gregory in Seattle says
The saddest part of all is that, despite her suffering, and despite the fact that this shit happens far, far too often, there are still people — women as well as men, atheists as well as fundamentalists — who will just sniff and say, "She deserved it."
Rodney Nelson says
From a story linked from Ophelia's link:
Junior home minister RPN Singh appealed for calm after the violence broke out. "This is not a way to protest," he told India's CNN-IBN television. "Trying to storm buildings and breaking barricades is not a way to start a dialogue."
Considering that no government ministers, party leaders, or other spokespeople said anything about victim until after there were massive protests, it appears the way to start a dialog is to get the government's attention.
Ophelia Benson says
Gregory – they're already on it. Someone – a woman! – said her intestines would have been fine if she hadn't resisted, and besides why was she out at 10 pm?
mildlymagnificent says
Oh, from the BBC reports it seems the police are getting the message …. or maybe not.
The city police commissioner told a news channel that even men were unsafe in Delhi as "their pockets were picked" – a shocking gaffe that appeared to equate rape with pick-pocketing.
So men are "unsafe" too, from pickpocketing. No mention of being beaten up and thrown off a bus when your woman companion is attacked. This is probably the same lackwit who suggested carrying chili powder to "keep yourself safe" from rape.
Fuck, fuck, fuckety fuck.
S Mukherjee says
@Mildlymagnificient: Exactly — notice how they say 'but but but EVEN men are unsafe!' Because, y'know, if EVEN men have troubles, then how can women expect to fare any better?


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My fellow beer nuts, I feel I failed last week. I spent your limited time on our Food page waxing poetic on my utter hatred for a beer: The Firestone Walker Wookey Black Rye IPA.
I hold steady on my opinions, but let's face it: People want to hear about beers they can recommend to their friends and family. They don't want to hear me sob about beers that have wronged me in some way.
So this week, I focus on a Colorado local beer that looks like a Rye IPA, but takes the taste buds in the other direction. Great Divide's Claymore Scotch Ale focuses the palate on roasty flavors instead of charred flavors, emphasizes malts over hops and has the added plus of making you instinctively reach for a lamb shank.
There's even a little man on the bottle wielding a claymore, a human-sized medieval Scottish sword, standing over the words "Wee Heavy," which is a title associated with the style of beer. Very clever.
Claymore Scotch Ale pours a dark enough brown to suck the light from a room, with a deep chocolate-colored head that sludges down the walls of a glass. Already the beer seems substantial. And at 7.7 percent ABV, it's on the upper side of scotch ale's typical strength.
The smell is complex and roasty (that word will get thrown around a lot), with a combination of sweet caramel toffee mixing with peat.
But the taste will envelop the mouth and throat with the sticky fullness of cough syrup or molasses, but without the taste of either. Roasted, sweet, thick malt flavor kicks and the front of the sip and turns to warmth. At the end, a faint hint of brewed coffee lingers between traces of sticky caramel and dirt.
I emphasize the dirt part.
Claymore Scotch Ale is just as much full, sweet and warm as it is funky, earthy and unsettling. Amber ale or IPA fans that aren't used to the style might think drinking this scotch ale is an uncomfortable experience, as there are no floral or bitter qualities at all.
I give it a 91. The beer has everything there is to like about scotch ale, and a little bit extra to top it off. But I didn't think it was bold enough, or sticky enough. It's well balanced, but it falls short of the complex flavors some describe as port-like.
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Lead Effective Meetings
This workshop prepares you to plan and lead meetings that leave participants feeling productive, energized, and prepared to tackle any action or project.
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You'll learn to plan and conduct meetings that are truly effective. Discover how to enhance meetings that increase engagement, build cooperation, and garner positive results. Keep meetings on-task and improve the efficiency of everyone involved.
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When planned, conducted, and led effectively, meetings can have an enormous positive impact on an organization's outcomes. Regardless of the complexity of the meeting or format (in-person or virtual) through proper planning you can strengthen, enhance, and shorten meetings -- and even eliminate the need for future meetings. Don't suffer through another assembly; learn to make the most of your time and hold meetings that work!
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Building cooperation and engaging others takes skill and practice. Knowing how to determine when a meeting is needed, what needs to be covered, who needs to attend, and how to make the most of the time is key to effective management. Setting guidelines and staying on track and on time in meetings makes others look forward to the time they spend with you.


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An explosion that injured a worker in a Prince George sawmill Monday did not cause a potentially more-harmful secondary dust explosion because the mill was diligent in removing the dust, says the mill owner, Carrier Lumber president Bill Kordyban.
An initial or primary explosion can disturb fine dust that has accumulated in areas such as rafters, which once airborne can cause a large explosion known as a secondary explosion.
The incident Monday afternoon comes amid continuing heightened sensitivity around two sawmill explosions last year in northern B.C. that killed four workers and injured dozens.
The explosion at Carrier Lumber happened the same day as Lakeland Mills in Prince George, the site of the second of the two deadly explosions last year, held an official groundbreaking ceremony for its new mill.
The worker injured Monday was taken to hospital with minor burns and released several hours later.
As well as regular daily wood dust cleanup, Kordyban said, crews have been cleaning wood dust from hard-to-get spots such as rafters when the mill is shut down for weekly maintenance. Carrier Lumber installed misters in the spring to reduce levels of airborne wood dust.
The Vancouver Sun reported last week that during inspections of 150 sawmills last fall and spring, 25 were cited for wood dust accumulations that posed a fire or explosion risk. Carrier Lumber was not among those cited.
The last wood-dust inspection report for Carrier Lumber seven months ago showed combustible wood dust levels were below permissible levels, according to the WorkSafeBC report.
"(Keeping the mill clear of dust) is very high on our priority list. So, of course for this to happen, it's very frustrating," Kordyban said Tuesday. "But I guess if there is a silver lining, it's there was absolutely no secondary explosion, which is the one that seems to be the bad one."
He said his first thought was for the worker who thankfully did not suffer serious injuries, a sentiment echoed by United Steelworkers local 1-424 president Frank Everitt.
"When you first hear the news, you are in a panic state because of the heightened sensitivity," Everitt said.
It's not completely clear what happened Monday afternoon, but Kordyban said it appears the wood shavings and sawdust collection system was shut down because of a small fire.
When the system was restarted, a pipe that carries the shavings and sawdust from the mill's planer building (where rough boards are planed smooth) exploded, causing another fire.
Several volunteer fire departments rushed to the scene just after 4 p.m. where Carrier Lumber's own crew was already putting out the fire.
Nearly two dozen volunteer firefighters got the fire under control. Crews stayed on site until midnight to ensure fire was not smouldering in piping or equipment, said Melanie Perrin, coordinator of fire services for the Fraser-Fort George Regional District.
The planer mill remained shut down Tuesday as WorkSafeBC started an investigation.
Al Johnson, WorkSafeBC's vice-president of prevention, said it was too early to speculate on a cause or say how long the investigation would take. Preliminary information indicates an initial fire was extinguished, which was followed by a small explosion in the piping system, he said.
Johnson also highlighted the fact that no worker was seriously injured.
He said companies are taking the threat of wood dust explosions seriously, but stressed small fires that sometimes ignite at sawmills must also be controlled.